Our View: It's war, all right

The Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to refuse coverage of contraceptives amounts to a minor skirmish in the War on Women.

The Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to refuse coverage of contraceptives amounts to a minor skirmish in the War on Women.

The War on Women isn't a marketing campaign conjured up by left wing, bra-burning, man-hating feminists bent on tearing down patriarchal society.

It is the longest war, and there are no national borders.

It is fought today in Africa, where scores of schoolgirls remain prisoners of a group whose name translates to "Western Education is Sin." Standing alongside some of the freed African schoolgirls is Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was pulled from a bus by the Taliban and shot in the head to express their political opposition to the education of women.

It is fought in Afghanistan, where "honor killings" can be forgiven, say, when a murderous husband's children don't care to press charges.

Or in India, where no amount of outrage seems to be able to prevent fatal gang rapes.

But don't kid yourself. It is fought in America, where domestic violence kills three women a day, every day, and where pornography and prostitution are just the illicit versions of the mass objectification of women undertaken so insidiously in the grand marketplaces of commerce and entertainment. The rate of sexual assault on college campuses and military bases makes us wonder how we even dare to call ourselves a "civilized society."

Glass ceilings, restricted boardrooms and unequal pay are a few more of the battles leaving casualties every day, where the injuries are economic "¦ and devastating.

The Hobby Lobby decision just happened to be about contraception. The way is open now for any corporate "person" to try to reject any mandate on the grounds of its religious beliefs.

No, Hobby Lobby's case may have been about religious freedom and not subjugation, but those who would dismiss its effect on women's rights belong in the minority.